Williams v. Edge

The plaintiff, as landlord, executed a lease to the defendant by which the defendant was to pay as rental one-fourth of the crops and proceeds derived from farming the land. It was agreed that the landlord should maintain certain supervisory powers over the farming operations conducted by the tenant, and that the tenant should observe certain requirements in the lease concerning the irrigation of the alfalfa, etc.

The lease provided that “the party of the first part shall have a lien and charge upon all crops sown, growing or harvested, and all live-stock raised on the premises, to the amount…